US rates raised for eighth time in a row
Scotsman - 36 minutes ago THE US Federal Reserve has nudged interest rates up for an eighth straight time and repeated a pledge to use "measured" increases to quell a rise in inflation. The Federal Open Market Committee voted to lift

US commander: Military unable to win new wars
Xinhua - 5 hours ago BEIJING, May 4 --A leaked classified report shows the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told congress that the US military may not be able to win any new wars as quickly as planned. A senior defence official

Bomber Kills 50 at Iraqi Police Center
Guardian Unlimited - 57 minutes ago By YAHYA BARZANJI. IRBIL, Iraq (AP) - An Iraqi carrying hidden explosives set them off outside a police recruitment center Wednesday where people were applying for jobs, police said. The US military said at

Arbil Bombing Kills at Least 50 People, Military Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago May 4 (Bloomberg) -- At least 50 people were killed today and many others wounded in a suicide bombing in Iraq's northern Kurdish city of Arbil, the US military said, the biggest attack since the country's Jan. 30 National Assembly election.

Benchmark oil prices stay below $50
BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago MAY. 4 6:23 AM ET Benchmark oil prices stayed below $50 per barrel Wednesday, reflecting expectations that a US petroleum stocks report later in the day would show increases in crude and gasoline supplies.

Australia Hostage Said Has Heart Condition
ABC News - 1 hour ago Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer addresses the Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at United Nations headquarters Monday, May 2, 2005. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson).

Florida's tough stand against child molesters
Christian Science Monitor - 14 hours ago By Richard Luscombe | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor. MIAMI – When convicted sex offender John Couey fled to Georgia in February after allegedly kidnapping, raping, and killing nine-year-old

'Take it slow' with runaway bride, father urges his son
Chicago Sun-Times - 2 hours ago DULUTH, Ga. -- The man whose bride-to-be skipped town days before her wedding and claimed she was abducted says he still wants to marry her, but his father said Tuesday he's cautioning his son to go slowly.

Bay Area experts at odds over visit by Taiwanese official to China
San Jose Mercury News - 34 minutes ago By Jessie Mangaliman. The historic and controversial eight-day visit by a Taiwanese political party leader to China ended Tuesday with the promise of two pandas, China's signature gift of friendship, and minor

Iran Determined to Pursue Nuclear Technology
Voice of America - 34 minutes ago By Melinda Smith. Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi told a United Nations conference Tuesday that his country is determined to pursue nuclear technology, which would include resuming the production of enriched uranium.